“In this insightful guide to mythic monsters, Matt Kaplan not only tracks the likely ancient origins of terrifying beasts, but predicts how these nightmarish creatures are evolving today and might manifest themselves in our future.”—Adrienne Mayor, author of The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times

“Kaplan merges his incisive wit and clever pen into what can only be described as a delightfully seductive little monster.”—Eli Finkel, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University

"A wonderful read for movie and history buffs that will leave you believing monsters are real!"—John Carls, Producer of Where the Wild Things Are

"Ingenious."

– The Wall Street Journal

"Introduces many questions that readers will find valuable to the study of what people fear and why they fear it."

– Library Journal

"In this insightful guide to mythic monsters, Matt Kaplan not only tracks the likely ancient origins of terrifying beasts but predicts how these nightmarish creatures are evolving today and might manifest themselves in our future."

– Adrienne Mayor, author of The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths and Myth in Greek and Roman Times

"Kaplan merges his incisive wit and clever pen into what can only be described as a delightfully seductive little monster."

– Eli J. Finkel, Ph.D., professor of social psychology, Northwestern University

"A wonderful read for movie and history buffs that will leave you believing monsters are real!"

– John Carls, producer of Where the Wild Things Are

"A fascinating read."

– The Independent (UK)

"Lively and compelling... such a guilty pleasure."

– The Telegraph (UK)

"Ingenious"

– The Wall Street Journal

"Delightfully serious!"

– Kirkus

"An organizational marvel...exceedingly though-provoking."

– School Library Journal